Real Estate Briefing: Ho Chi Minh City Recovers Land, Thu Thiem Plots Face Auction and Housing Markets Shift
Ho Chi Minh City’s real estate market is seeing a number of notable developments in land management, land use and social infrastructure. The city will recover nearly 19.2 hectares of land at the Saigon Hi-Tech Park after the Millennium Park project of Saigon Garment Manufacturing Corporation ended its operations. In another move, nearly 4,820 square meters of land in Phuoc Long Ward was allocated to Thao Dien Real Estate Company to develop the Nam Ly social housing project, with a land-use term of 50 years. The city also announced four additional projects by SonKim Land that are eligible for sale to foreign buyers. In the Thu Thiem New Urban Area, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee approved a plan to auction the land-use rights of three plots with a combined area of more than 2.1 hectares for the construction of schools offering multiple levels of education. The starting price for plots 3-12, 3-8 and 3-9 is nearly VND14.575 trillion, with plot 3-12 priced at more than VND1 billi...